[thelist] Common Fonts
Jacob Stetser
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Mon Dec 18 20:40:37 CST 2000
That sounds great. I cringe when Arial is the first choice, but
second choice with a Mac font in the first choice position works just
peachy for me.
Thanks for the link, btw. I thought I was the only one waging war
against Arial as the primary font :)
Jake
>here's a page that goes into this problem in quite some detail --
>
> Improving Appearance of Arial Font on the Macintosh
> (Solutions for both Mac Users and Web Developers)
> http://users.hit.net/~bobbau/platforms/MacArialFonts/
>
>the solutions for web developers
>(http://users.hit.net/~bobbau/platforms/MacArialFonts/#WebAuthors)
>suggests that
>
> The best choice is therefore:
> <FONT FACE="Geneva,Arial,Helvetica">
> This way, the Mac users see Geneva, Windows users see
> Arial, and UNIX users see Helvetica.
>
> As still another option, if you actually prefer the
> appearance of "Verdana" (another sans-serif font), you
> might specify:
> <FONT FACE="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica">
> This way, Verdana is used if present (on either Windows
> or Mac). If not, then Geneva is used on the Mac, Arial
> on Windows, and Helvetica on UNIX.
>
>
>rudy.ca
>
>
>
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